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todaysdocument: Images of the March on Washington Fifty years... 27 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
Photos of the March on Washington from the holdings of the National Archives Suggest a document from our holdings! todaysdocument: Images of the March on Washington Fifty years ago on August 28, 1...
Happy Birthday, LBJ! Here’s the first photograph ever... 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
Happy Birthday, LBJ! Here’s the first photograph ever taken of Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was born approximately six months earlier, on August 27, 1908, in central Texas. No word on the teddy bear’s ....
Negotiations Despite the Vietnam War’s January 23, 1973... 27 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Negotiations Despite the Vietnam War’s January 23, 1973 ceasefire agreement, fighting continued in some regions of Vietnam. With allegations of ceasefire violations by all parties, Henry Kissinger an...
fordlibrarymuseum: A Staunch Ally and a Steadfast... 26 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
fordlibrarymuseum: A Staunch Ally and a Steadfast Friend President Ford welcomed Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain on January 30, 1975. In his arrival statement Prime Minister Wilson no...
President Kennedy taking a stroll with son, John Jr. -from the... 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
President Kennedy taking a stroll with son, John Jr. -from the Kennedy Library
Nixon and Brezhnev discuss their working relationship On June... 23 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
Nixon and Brezhnev discuss their working relationship On June 18, 1973, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office during the historic US-Soviet summit. "And th...
Johnson Family Portrait This portrait was taken 50 years ago... 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Johnson Family Portrait This portrait was taken 50 years ago this month, in front of the fireplace at The Elms, the Johnsons’ home in Washington. Pictured, Lady Bird, Lynda, Lyndon, and Luci Johnson...
White House Staff and Police Officers at Jacqueline... 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
White House Staff and Police Officers at Jacqueline Kennedy’s First Musical Program for Youth White House Police Officer Ralph C. “Smokey” Stover (standing, far left) poses with two unidentified Whit...
“It’ll be a bombshell like nobody’s business.” On May 16, 1973,... 21 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
“It’ll be a bombshell like nobody’s business.” On May 16, 1973, President Richard Nixon met with Texas politician John Connally. In the course of their discussion, Nixon revealed his plans for the fo...
E komo mai, Hawaii! On this day in 1959, President Eisenhower... 21 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
E komo mai, Hawaii! On this day in 1959, President Eisenhower signed the official proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state. -from the Eisenhower Library
